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Ascertaining Information from the Body/MindKST Priorities

Put patient in POS • Ask OD if there are any special postures the patient should get into • If yes, ask the patient to assume any posture that causes them problems (they know best)

Above the waist?Cranials • Sphenoid, occiput, temporal, parietal, zygomatic arch, frontal, mastoid

Facials • Nasal, maxilla, zygoma, suture junctions, orbit points, eyes

Other • Palate, hyoid, TMJ, sutures, bumps/ ridges, larynx

Cervicals • Vertebra, Blair, discs (posterior, medial, anterior)

Thoracics • Vertebra (always check ribs), discs, hump pattern, rice bowl • Posterior ribs (between scapula and spine) for superiority

Below the waist?Lumbars • Vertebra, discs (posterior, medial, anterior)

Sacrum • Whole sacrum, discs, segments

Femurs • Anterior, lateral, superior, medial, rotation

Pubic Bones (and ilea) • May need to correct while moving from sitting to standing • Also check disc

Coccyx • If anterior, check for panic pattern • If lateral, ask about trauma (fall, etc.) to coccyx

Anterior?Sternum

• If superior, check for panic pattern • Check manubrium, body, xiphoid, costosternal junction separately

Clavicle

• Superior, inferior, anterior

Posterior?• Usually refers to patella, tibia, fibula

Extremities?• Locate extremity • Challenge parts • Points on bottom of feet, palms, ears, etc. may elicit an OD

SEDVEDD-EOW?Scars/Adhesions • Especially important if there was surgery • Could also be caused by tattoos, moles, piercings, hair transplants, acupuncture; may not be an obvious scar

Endocrine • Pituitary, hypothalamus, thymus, pineal, testes, ovaries, thyroid, parathyroid, adrenals, pancreas

Dehydration • On a scale of 1-10, how many more glasses of water for how many days are needed

Valves

• Pyloric, gastric, cardiac, ileocecal, cervix, Houston’s and valves of bladder, heart and brain, etc.

Emotional • Locate age of emotional stress; ask for earliest age • Emotion involved? Family members, relationships, work • Use KST Emotion Chart and/or other protocol

Dropped Organs/Visceroptosis • Bladder, prostate/uterus, ovaries, testes, R/L kidney, liver, gall bladder, spleen, pancreas, navel, stomach, R/L lung, small intestine, large intestine, heart, etc.

Dental

• Upper jaw? Lower jaw? Right quadrant? Left quadrant? Locate exact tooth • Infection, root canal, mercury (“silver” amalgam), malocclusion (bad bite), cavitation, wisdom tooth, etc.

Ethmoid Pattern

• May occur from general anesthesia

Ocular Lock

• Use with learning disabilities, dyslexia, vision problems

Wave

Other?Allergies/Sensitivities • Use KST Common Allergens and Sensitivities chart

Check patient with and without: • Orthotics • Titanium glasses • Jewelry • Cell phone, computer, etc. (electromagnetic sensitivity)

Ask the body about: • Toxicity • Heavy metals • Vaccine injury

No priority • Processing? If yes, speed it up? Wait? How long? • Is session over?

Last questions • Is there anything interfering with this person’s health? If yes, is it ... ? • Something at home (locate room, object or product), work, car, etc.? • Something they are eating, drinking, breathing (i.e. aspartame, sugar, soy, canola, paint fumes, fish tank); another person; memory; bad habit; toxins; etc.? • Other techniques? Other healthcare systems?

Alternate approaches• Can begin session by asking if the patient wants to get better

• Can begin the session by asking if the priority is structural, emotional, dehydration, scars, allergies, electro-magnetic, visceral, nutritional, etc.

People are like artichokes; they have many layers. When you peel back the layers, you get to the heart.

Is there a priority?Standing? Sitting? Prone? Supine? POS? Respiration?

Eyes open/closed? Balancing on one foot? Etc.

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